Baylor University Press Fall 2012 Catalog

B AY L OR U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S 2012 - 2013

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Greetings from Baylor University Press Books for good. We at Baylor University Press are passionate about books— especially ones that have a vocation. In an age that is obsessed with information, we seek to publish and promote wisdom. We look for books with a moral arc: books that seek to do good.

So we are particularly pleased to announce our 2012–2013 list. As you will soon see, these titles have much to say about our culture—the way it is and the way it should be. In voices as varied as their disciplines, it is scholarship seeking to better humanity.

Consider these two groundbreaking works in race studies. Iconic: Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman shows how American media has consistently used negative archetypes to depict strong black women, and, furthermore, how revolutionaries from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama have nonetheless created new images in order to challenge social injustices.

Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity offers an updated history of passing and a practical account of its effects on multiracial persons, all the while giving persuasive testimony to the fact that individual identities are never fully self-determined.

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Have your holiday reading planned? The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra combines legend and folklore with historical and archaeological evidence to resurrect the story of the real St. Nick—the fourth century Nicholas of Myra. Long before the creation of rosy-cheeked, red-suited Santa Claus, there lived a virtuous man from humble circumstances whose courage and generosity are still worthy of emulation.

Together with Openings, Michael Hyde’s plea for a deliberately lived life; The Spirit of Love, a compelling new theology by Amos Yong; and Stumping God, Andrew Hogue’s exploration of how Presidential politics became a political religion, the books of 2012–2013 are pointing to a more promising tomorrow.

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New & Recent Releases Accidental Revolutionary, The Acts of Philip, The Arminius and His Declaration of Sentiments Associations in the Greco-Roman World Because of Beauvoir Becoming American?

Betrayal of Charity, The Black Megachurch, The Bridge to Wonder Brutal Unity, A Chesterton Clearly Invisible Comedia of Virginity, The Constitution of Religious Freedom, The Epistemic Obligations Ethics, Doctrine, Witness Evermore Faith of the Founders Friends We Keep, The Gospel of the Living Dead Hermeneutics of the Apostolic Proclamation, The Iconic Jesus and the Demise of Death King James Bible and the World It Made, The LDS in the USA Malachi Mashup Religion Monsters in America More Openings Preaching Death Preaching Fools Redeeming Mulatto Religion in Early Stuart England, 1603–1638 Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation Revivalism and Separatism in New England Rhetorical Darwinism Roots of Sorrow, The Sacred Community, The Sacred Terror Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus, The Spirit of Love Stumping God Two Powers in Heaven Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture What Motivates Cultural Progressives?

Women, Writing, Theology Big Bear Books Essential Baylor Backlist Additional Series Ordering Information

George Whitefield and the Creation of America A New Translation An Annotated Translation with Introduction and Theological Commentary A Sourcebook Christianity and the Cultivation of Female Genius The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement Art as a Gospel of Beauty The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church The Nightmare Goodness of God Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity Mary and the Politics of Seventeenth-Century Spanish Theater God, Politics, and the First Amendment Truth, Individualism, and the Limits of Belief Systematic Theology, Volumes 1 - 3 Edgar Allan Poe and the Mystery of the Universe Religion and the New Nation, 1776–1826 Unleashing Christianity’s Compassion for Animals George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth The Center of Paul’s Method of Scriptural Interpretation Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian Mormonism and the Making of American Culture A Handbook on the Hebrew Text Pop Music and Theological Invention Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-the-Top Nation Acknowledging Essential Moments in Human Communication The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly A Theology of Race and Christian Hybridity An Anthology of Primary Sources Strict Congregationalists and Separate Baptists in the Great Awakening Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity A Pastoral Theology of Suffering Art, Sacrament, and the People of God Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra A Trinitarian Theology of Grace Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith Early Rabbinic Reports about Christianity and Gnosticism Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right Transforming a Tradition of Exclusion

Jerome Dean Mahaffey François Bovon and Christopher R. Matthews W. Stephen Gunter Richard S. Ascough, Philip A. Harland, and John S. Kloppenborg Alison E. Jasper Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Matthew Levering Tamelyn N. Tucker-Worgs Cecilia González-Andrieu Ephraim Radner Ralph C. Wood Marcia Alesan Dawkins Mirzam C. Pérez Dennis J. Goldford Bruce R. Reichenbach James Wm. McClendon, Jr. Harry Lee Poe Edwin S. Gaustad Laura Hobgood-Oster Kim Paffenroth Matthew W. Bates Lakesia D. Johnson Matthew Levering David Lyle Jeffrey Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. Newswander Terry W. Eddinger John S. McClure W. Scott Poole Ronald Bishop Michael J. Hyde Lucy Bregman Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers Brian Bantum Debora Shuger Richard B. Hays and Stefan Alkier C. C. Goen Thomas M. Lessl Phil C. Zylla David Jasper Douglas E. Cowan Adam C. English Amos Yong Andrew P. Hogue Alan F. Segal Joel B. Green and David F. Watson George Yancey and David A. Williamson Emily A. Holmes and Wendy Farley

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“Through the genres of film, literature, music, and politics, Johnson highlights the skill with which black female iconic figures navigate successfully through the mire of stereotypical images that seek habitually to destroy them. Demonstrating that the strong black woman iconography can have both positive and negative consequences, Iconic provides a much needed intervention into discourses concerning black womanhood, race, and representation.”

—Kimberly Nichele Brown, author of Writing the Black Revolutionary Diva: Women’s Subjectivity and the Decolonizing Text

—Stephane Dunn, author of Baad Bitches & Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films

Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman

in the face of numerous stereotypes about black

Lakesia D. Johnson

womanhood, is neither new nor unique to Mrs.

Mammies, objects, and angry beasts, images of American black women— and the revolutionaries who overcame them for good

Obama. Black women have been confronting, resisting, and subverting stereotypical

Angela Davis, Pam Grier, Alice Walker, Michelle Obama. Revolutionary black

representations for a long time. For example,

women have evoked strong reaction throughout American history.

important civil rights activists Ida B. Wells and

Magazines, political campaigns, music, television, and movies have relied black women as mammies, voodoo women, sexual objects, and vengeful

they repre­sented themselves, and were

is imposed by American media, revealing an immense cultural fear of black

within an all-white American legal and social

women’s power and potential.

African American female activists left behind provide us with important narratives about being black, female, and powerful within hostile and oppressive contexts that demanded strategic and aggressive activism to achieve freedom….”

—adapted from Chapter 1, “The Myth of the Angry Black Woman,” discussing Mrs. Obama’s 2008 interview with Larry King

CONTENTS 1. The Myth of the Angry Black Woman: From Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama 2. Revolutionary Black Women in the News: The Politics of Angela Davis and Kathleen Cleaver 3. Revolutionary Black Women in Film: Blaxploitation and the Legacy of Pam Grier 4. Revolutionary Black Women in Literature: The Narratives of Alice Walker and Audre Lorde 5. Revolutionary Black Women and Music: The Hip-Hop Feminism of Erykah Badu and Me’shell Ndegéocello 6. The Many Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman: Michelle Obama Reconsidered

angry beasts. In Iconic Lakesia Johnson explores how this belittling imagery

represented, while they worked for black people

The rep­resentational strategies that these

Lakesia D. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies and English at Grinnell College, Iowa.

upon deep-seated archetypes and habitually cast strong, countercultural

Sojourner Truth had to be concerned with how

con­text that refused to give them full citizenship.

“A timely and accessible work—Lakesia Johnson’s Iconic enhances the contemporary critical exploration of politicized black women and those operating in the glare of the political spotlight.

Her lively readings of Angela Davis, Michelle Obama, and Erykah Badu, among others, will be very useful for African American cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, and media studies.”

Iconic

“The need to negotiate and manage her image,

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But the media does not have the last word. Johnson chronicles how strong black women—truly revolutionary black women—have nonetheless taken control of their own imaging despite consistent negative characterizations.

Through their speech, demeanor, fashion, and social relationships, women from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama have counteracted these negative depictions. With ingenuity, fortitude, and focus on the greater good, these revolutionary women transformed the cultural images of themselves and, simultaneously, the images of American black women as a whole.

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Seamlessly weaving together role models of past and present, from women in politics to artists and musicians, Johnson eloquently demonstrates how the revolutionary black woman in many public forums has been—and continues to be—a central figure in challenging the status quo, correcting American prejudices, and changing long-standing social injustices.

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Redeeming Mulatto A Theology of Race and Christian Hybridity

Brian Bantum How mulatto identity challenges racial religiosity and existence

“Clearly Invisible is destined to become a classic in the field and is crucial material for all people interested in race, multiracial identity, colorism, and passing. Dawkins’ social analysis is astute, and she engages scholarly debates (the meaning of the Plessy decision) and current events (the newest iPad app) with depth and sophistication.

After Clearly Invisible, readers will never see passing the same way again.”

Clearly Invisible

Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity

Marcia Alesan Dawkins What exactly makes a person black, white, or “other”?

And why do we care?

—Margaret Hunter, author of Race, Gender,

PASSING (def): usually understood as an abbreviation for “racial passing.”

and the Politics of Skin Tone Moving beyond the traditional attempts to explain the nature of Christ, Brian Bantum constructs a Christology based on the way the world actually is: mixed. More precisely, Bantum asks the question, “How can Christ save this mixed world?” In Redeeming Mulatto, Jesus becomes a “mulattic” figure—both fully human and fully divine—who confronts delusions of racial purity and calls humanity toward a “hybrid” rebirth. Bantum challenges readers to imagine themselves similarly—new creations, yet not without remnants of the old self. The groundbreaking Redeeming Mulatto is a superb example of the new black theology, from the pen of one of its brightest rising stars. “ . . . this is an important book that makes a genuine breakthrough in discussions of theology and race. Bantum succeeds in taking us beyond the binary impasses of black theology and the racial (if not racist) indifference of white Christianity.”

—Christian Century “A remarkable piece of work. This theologically sophisticated book will assuredly make a difference in how we break out of some of the perennial debates of the past.”

—Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School

Describes the fact of being accepted, or representing oneself successfully

Marcia Alesan Dawkins is a Visiting Scholar at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. An award-winning writer and educator, Dawkins writes frequently on race, diversity, media, religion, and politics for several outlets, including The Huffington Post, Truthdig, The Root, and Cultural Weekly.

as, a member of a different group.

“A significant step forward in critical mixed race studies.

Dawkins’ meticulously researched study provides an exciting education in historical and contemporary passing and in other ways in which multiracial individuals have illuminated schisms in American notions of race.”

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“A lively work that connects the politics of passing with the most pressing contemporary issues of identity.”

—Michele Elam, author of Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium

“We are lucky to have rising public intellectual Marcia Dawkins bring critical conversations about the Mixed experience into broader scholarship. Her work confirms that an understanding of the Mixed experience is essential to understanding who we are as Americans.”

—Heidi W. Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

Everybody passes. Not just racial minorities. As Marcia Dawkins explains, passing has been occurring for millennia, since intercultural and interracial contact began. And with this profound new study, she explores its old limits and new possibilities: from women passing as men and able-bodied persons passing as disabled to black classics professors passing as ISBN 978-160258-312-2 $29.95 T 285 pages 6 x 9 | Cloth Race Studies / Culture Studies August 1, 2012 MARKETING & PUBLICITY National Print & Broadcast Media Campaign National Advertising Viral Marketing & Publicity Campaign Social Network Advertising

CONTENTS Preface Introduction: Passing as Passé?

1. Passing as Persuasion 2. Passing as Power 3. Passing as Property 4. Passing as Principle 5. Passing as Pastime 6. Passing as Paradox Conclusion: Passing as Progress?

Jewish and white supremacists passing as white.

Clearly Invisible journeys to sometimes uncomfortable but unfailingly enlightening places as Dawkins retells the contemporary expressions and historical experiences of individuals called passers. Along the way these passers become people—people whose stories sound familiar but take subtle turns to reveal racial and other tensions lurking beneath the surface, people who ultimately expose as much about our culture and society as they conceal about themselves.

Both an updated take on the history of passing and a practical account of passing’s effects on the rhetoric of multiracial identities, Clearly Invisible traces passing’s legal, political, and literary manifestations, questioning whether passing can be a form of empowerment (even while implying

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secrecy) and suggesting that passing could be one of the first expressions of multiracial identity in the U.S. as it seeks its own social standing.

Brian Bantum is Assistant Professor of Theology at Seattle Pacific University School of Theology. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Certain to be hailed as a pioneering work in the study of race and culture,

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Clearly Invisible offers powerful testimony to the fact that individual identities are never fully self-determined—and that race is far more a

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matter of sociology than of biology.

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NEW RELEASES “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus is the best of hagiography combined with the best of secular history, all liberally spiced with the passion and verve of a good biographer in thrall to his subject.

Thanks to English, we have tantalizing glimpses of what actually shaped the man into the saint, and both into an icon.”

—Phyllis Tickle, bestselling author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing

“The bringer of holiday cheer and gifts for boys and girls, Santa is adored by all and hated by none. He evokes good memories and nostalgic longings, childhood dreams and the sweet wish for something magical.

But fantasy and historical fact blur rapidly as soon as attempts are made to give the mythical/historical figure a name.

The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra

Adam C. English The real story of Santa—and why he became a Saint With his rosy cheeks and matching red suit—and ever-present elf and fantastical characters. But what do we really know of jolly old Saint

and Why and The Words of Jesus

“Adam English convinces us that the St. Nicholas we know is a cultural icon, as much Coca-Cola as Christian saint. But his real gift is in resurrecting through his painstaking historical detective work a flesh and blood St. Nicholas, whose courage and Christian generosity are worthy of emulation.”

—Greg Garrett, author of One Fine Potion: The Literary Magic of Harry Potter and Faithful Citizenship: Christianity and Politics for the 21st Century

“A sensitive, erudite, and accessibly written introduction to the life and times of St. Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop of Myra in what is now Turkey. Having devoted his life to serving Jesus Christ, the real St. Nicholas invites us to a truer and more joyful celebration of Christmas.”

Adam C. English is Associate Professor of Religion at Campbell University where he teaches on the philosophy of religion, constructive theology, and the history of Christian thought. He is the author of Theology Remixed: Christianity as Story, Game, Language, Culture. He lives near Raleigh, North Carolina.

reindeer companions—Santa Claus may be the most identifiable of

The history of Nicholas presents a tantalizing riddle. There is no early documentation of the man—no writings, disciples, or major acts. Then, curiously, story fragments and rumors begin to surface like driftwood in the water.

A church is built in his honor at Constantinople, and suddenly he becomes an international symbol of holiday cheer and goodwill, an absolutely essential part of the Christmas tradition. It will take extra care and caution to reconstruct the most plausible account of his life....”

—from Chapter 1, “Finding St. Nicholas”

Nicholas, “patron saint” of Christmastime? Ask about the human behind the suit, and the tale we know so well quickly fades into myth and folklore.

In The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus, religious historian Adam English tells the true and compelling tale of Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra. Around ISBN 978-1-60258-634-5 $24.95 T 245 pages, 12 b/w images 5.5 x 8.5 | Cloth Christianity / History November 1, 2012 MARKETING & PUBLICITY National Print & Broadcast Media Campaign National Advertising Viral Marketing & Publicity Campaign Social Network Advertising Advance Reading Copies

the fourth century in what is now Turkey, a boy of humble circumstance became a man revered for his many virtues. Chief among them was dealing

CONTENTS 1. Finding St. Nicholas 2. Out of a Dying World Comes a Light 3. Three Gifts and One Election 4. The Work of Victory 5. Riots, Beheadings, and Other Near Misfortunes 6. Death Is Only the Beginning Recommended Readings

generously with his possessions, once lifting an entire family out of poverty with a single—and secret—gift of gold, so legend tells. Yet he was much more than virtuous. As English reveals, Saint Nicholas was of integral influence in events that would significantly impact the history and development of the Christian church, including the Council of Nicaea, the destruction of the temple to Artemis in Myra, and a miraculous rescue of three falsely accused military officers.

Weaving together the best historical and archaeological evidence available with the folklore and legends handed down through generations, English creates a stunning image of this much venerated Christian saint. With prose as enjoyable as it is informative, he shows why the life—and death—of Nicholas of Myra so radically influenced the formation of Western history

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and Christian thought, and did so in ways many have never realized.

—Matthew Levering, author of The Betrayal of Charity: The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love and Jesus and the Demise of Death: Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian

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Gospel of the Living Dead

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George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth

Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

Kim Paffenroth

Douglas E. Cowan

Decoding the appeal of Zombies

A haunting examination of the religious elements of horror films

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Monsters in America

Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting

W. Scott Poole The history of America—one fear, one monster, at a time WINNER of the 2012 John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer in Popular and American Culture Salem witches, frontier wilderness beasts, freak show oddities, alien

W. Scott Poole grew up in love with monsters.

Now a tenured professor of American History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, he teaches popular courses on America and its monsters as well as on the image of the devil in religion and popular culture. He is the author of several books, including Satan in America: The Devil We Know and has been officially named “Best Monster Expert” in Charleston, South Carolina.

invasions, Freddie Krueger. From our colonial past to the present, the monster in all its various forms has been a staple of American culture. A masterful For nearly forty years, the films of George A. Romero have presented viewers with hellish visions of our world overrun by flesh-eating ghouls.

This bestselling book proves that Romero’s films, like apocalyptic literature or Dante’s Commedia, go beyond the surface experience of repulsion to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, often giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America. “ . . . an excellent resource not just for fans of low-budget zombie films, but for anyone who wants to understand the appeal of the genre.”

—Publishers Weekly “Paffenroth does the horror world a service by taking the subject of one of its luminaries and treating it as seriously as its fans.”

—Dread Central Kim Paffenroth is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College.

He lives in New Rochelle, New York.

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When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power—and the powerlessness—of religion.

“Readers should take up this darkly pleasurable book . . . A remarkably engaging colloquial work on the salience of religion for the neglected genre of horror films . . .

Recommended. All readers, all levels.”

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Douglas E. Cowan is Professor of Religious Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario.

Also available by douglas e. cowan

Sacred Space The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television ISBN 978-1-60258-238-5 / $24.95 T 326 pages, 6 x 9 / Paperback Original Media Studies / Now Available

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together history and culture studies to expose the dark obsessions that have helped create our national identity.

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Monsters are not just fears of the individual psyche, historian Scott Poole explains, but are concoctions of the public imagination, reactions to cultural influences, social change, and historical events. Conflicting anxieties about

CONTENTS Preface: With a Warning to the Unsuspecting Reader Introduction: The Bloody Chords of Memory 1. Monstrous Beginnings 2. Goth Americana 3. Weird Science 4. Alien Invasions 5. Deviant Bodies 6. Haunted Houses 7. Undead Americans Epilogue: Worse Things Waiting Filmography

race, class, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, science, and politics manifest as haunting beings among the populace. From Victorian-era mad scientists to modern-day serial killers, new monsters appear as American society evolves, paralleling fluctuating challenges to the cultural status quo. Consulting newspaper accounts, archival materials, personal papers, comic books, films,

“Sacred Terror is a monstrously engaging book, opening crypts and exposing cultural and religious contexts of fear.”

—Religious Studies Review

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survey of our grim and often disturbing past, Monsters in America brings

and oral histories, Poole adroitly illustrates how the creation of the monstrous “other” not only reflects society’s fears but shapes actual historical behavior and becomes a cultural reminder of inhuman acts.

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“With Monsters in America, W. Scott Poole has given us a guidebook for a journey into nightmare territory. Insightful and brilliant!”

—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Dead of Night “From 19th century sea serpents to our current obsession with vampires and zombies, . . . Poole plots America’s past through its fears in this intriguing sociocultural history.”

—Publishers Weekly “Equal parts thoughtful and frightening, Monsters In America explores the darkest recesses of American history.”

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Faith of the Founders Religion and the New Nation, 1776–1826

Edwin S. Gaustad Foreword by Randall Balmer The acclaimed history of the founding fathers’ approaches to religion

The Accidental Revolutionary

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George Whitefield and the Creation of America

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Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith

Andrew P. Hogue

Jerome Dean Mahaffey

How American presidential politics became a political religion

A biography revealing a profound truth: no Whitefield, no revolution

For more than three decades, American presidential candidates have desperately sought the conservative Evangelical vote. With an ever broadening base of support, the Evangelical movement in America may now seem to many a very powerful lobbyist on Capitol Hill. As Andrew

In Faith of the Founders, revered historian Edwin Gaustad provides a careful consideration of the developing relationship between religion and the state after the American Revolution. Focusing on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Gaustad identifies seven varying—and sometimes contrary—perspectives on religion that guided the nation’s founders. Faith of the Founders masterfully shows how these figures possessed an intuitive understanding of religion that helped nourish a young country. Repackaged for a new generation and with a new foreword by Randall Balmer, this brief but insightful book offers a look into the founders’ genius and points to a way forward through many of the ideological boundaries inherent in the American government today.

“As clear and serene a guide to the mixture of religious and political events at the time of the nation’s founding as we are likely to get.”

—Martin Marty, Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago Divinity School “As always, Gaustad captures the diversities and complexities of the founders’ faith within the context of a highly establishmentarian world. He introduces us to their insights and varied political motivations. Their contrary visions shape us yet, on the way to freedom.”

—Bill J. Leonard, Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University Divinity School Edwin S. Gaustad (1923–2011) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside, and a celebrated scholar in the field of American religious history.

Among his many landmark publications are The Religious History of America; Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson; and Roger Williams in the Oxford Lives and Legacies series.

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For many Americans, the colonial heroes deserve special reverence.

Yet while Washington’s leadership, Franklin’s writings, and Revere’s ride captivate, George Whitefield’s inspiration and influence on the American revolutionary spirit are regrettably unknown. In this refreshing biography, Jerome Dean Mahaffey moves deftly beyond Whitefield’s colonial celebrity to show how his rhetoric and ministry worked for freedom, situating Whitefield alongside the most revolutionary of the founding fathers. As the Anglican revivalist traveled among the colonies, Whitefield converted colonists not just to Christianity but to a renewed sense of unification that ultimately made possible the American Revolution. “ . . . Mahaffey shows how Whitefield’s bold challenge to settled religious doctrines and hierarchies helped coax the colonies in the direction of independence.”

—Matt Reynolds, Christianity Today “The Accidental Revolutionary is a readable and revealing introduction to the life of this brilliant preacher and friend of American liberty.”

—Thomas S. Kidd, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution “A sparkling biography that brings fresh perspectives to old arguments and makes them live again in remarkably arresting ways.”

—Grant Wacker, Professor of Christian History, Duke Divinity School Jerome Dean Mahaffey is the John and Corrine Graf Chair of Communication Studies at Indiana University East and the author of Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation. He lives in Richmond, Indiana.

Hogue shows, however, this was not always the case.

In Stumping God Hogue deconstructs the 1980 presidential election, in which Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson, ISBN 978-1-60258-429-7 $49.95 S 340 pages 6 x 9 | Cloth Religion & Politics / Rhetoric August 1, 2012

and uncovers a disproportionately heavy reliance on religious rhetoric—

Andrew Hogue is a lecturer in Political Science and Director of Civic Education & Community Service at Baylor University. He lives in Waco, Texas.

CONTENTS Introduction 1. Religion and American Conservatism: A Rhetorical History, 1944–1979 2. American Change and Religious Engagement, 1942–1976 3. Raising the Rhetoric of Righteousness: The Pivotal 1976 Election 4. Two Roads Diverged: Religious Conservatives and the Carter Disappointment 5. The Birth of a New Religious Politics in 1980 6. The Legacy of 1980 at the Dawn of a New Era: Lessons for Religion and Politics Going Forward

a rhetoric that would be the catalyst for a new era of presidential politics.

Until 1980, the idea that conservative politics was somehow connected with conservative theology was distant from the American imagination.

Hogue describes the varying streams of influence that finally converged by the Reagan-Carter election, including the rapidly rising Religious Right.

By 1980, candidates were not only challenged to appeal rhetorically to a

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conservative religious base, but found it necessary to make public their once-private religious commitments.

In compelling and illuminating fashion, Stumping God explains the roots of modern religious politics and encourages readers to move beyond the haze of rhetorical appeals that—for better or worse—continually cloud the political process.

“A useful and valuable study, using careful documentation and analysis to reach conclusions on the place of religious appeals in election campaigns. A must-read for all interested in the role of religion in electoral politics.”

—Stephen V. Monsma, Senior Research Fellow, The Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin College

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George Yancey and David A. Williamson

The surprising influence of a most American religious tradition

A sociological exploration of progressives’ motivations and convictions Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism, regardless of its ideological roots, is often interpreted through the lens of the culture

Countless generations of Arabs and Muslims have called the United States “home.”

Yet while diversity and pluralism continue to define contemporary America, many Muslims are viewed by their neighbors as painful reminders of conflict and violence.

In this volume, Yvonne Haddad argues that American Muslim identity is as uniquely American as it is for any other race, nationality, or religion. In remarkable, succinct fashion, Haddad prods readers to ask what it means to be truly American and suggests the formation of a Muslim message capable of uplifting American society.

“A highly recommended quick read, good for . . . anyone interested in a better informed understanding of multiethnic, multireligious America.”

—Publishers Weekly “For the past 30 years, Yvonne Haddad has been one of the most important scholars of Islam and Muslims in North America. Becoming American? is as readable as it is important.”

—Amir Hussain, Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion “Becoming American? presents great insight into the diversity and vibrancy of the Muslim community and its potential to help achieve the American promise.

This should be required reading.”

—Farid Senzai, co-editor of Educating the Muslims of America Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She is author or editor of more than fifteen books, including Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today and Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Lee Trepanier and Lynita Newswander move beyond the clichéd and stereotypical portrayals of Mormonism to unpack the significant and sometimes surprising roles Mormons have played in the building of modern America. From popular culture and politics to the Mormon influence in social controversies, LDS in the USA reveals Mormonism as a quintessentially American religion—one that is firmly rooted in American tradition and whose members are free to engage in the public square.

Readers are consistently challenged to abandon popular perceptions of Mormonism in order to embrace more fully the fascinating importance of this American religion.

“Mormonism is the most American of religions, but it, perhaps like Islam, is the most marginalized. Trepanier and Newswander provide an indispensable guide to understanding Mormonism at this complex moment of American political, cultural, and religious history.”

—John von Heyking, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Lethbridge “An engaging and sympathetic introduction to the Mormon people and their religion.”

—Armand L. Mauss, author of All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage

wars—pitting social movements with opposing ideals against one another. For too long, as George Yancey and David Williamson argue, progressive activists, one side of these culture wars, have been seldom studied and virtually never critiqued in public conversation.

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Yancey and Williamson describe and analyze the multifaceted cultural progressive movement and its place within the larger American society. What they uncover is a collective identity informed by staunch opposition to cultural conservatives—both political and religious— that is motivated by the progressive activist’s preference for absolute rationality. Further, Yancey and Williamson argue that, despite great

George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas and author of Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education.

He lives in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.

David A. Williamson is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas.

He lives in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.

CONTENTS 1. The Culture War in the United States 2. Dynamics of Social Movements and Cultural Progressives 3. Developing a Typology of Cultural Progressive Activists 4. Political Concerns and Cultural Progressive Activists 5. General Opposition to Religion in Cultural Progressive Activists 6. Cultural Progressive Activists and Critics of Christianity 7. The Framing of Cultural Progressive Activism 8. Cultural Progressives in the Continuing Culture War

resistance to conservative’s nonrational appeals, progressive activists READ CHAPTER 1

are found to use similar techniques when seeking to establish their movement and position their cause as socially legitimate.

In the contemporary heated political climate the often-surprising and likely controversial findings of What Motivates Cultural Progressives?

Lee Trepanier is Associate Professor of Political Science at Saginaw Valley State University. He lives in the greater Saginaw, Michigan area.

will prove essential, thought-provoking reading for understanding the growing concern over the influence of activism.

Lynita K. Newswander is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Dakota. She lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.

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Rhetorical Darwinism

The Vanishing of Scale in an Over-the-Top Nation

Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity

Ronald Bishop

Studies in Rhetoric and Religion

Acknowledging Essential Moments in Human Communication

Thomas M. Lessl

Michael J. Hyde

The origins, progress, and power of scientific rhetoric

A compassionate plea for a deliberately lived life

How the media encourages—and enables— outrageous behavior

Openings

“Openings allow us to be moved by the wonders of nature. Openings allow interpersonal relationships to come into being and, one hopes, develop a caring nature. Moreover, being open to the self . . . allows us to maintain, and if need be readjust, the moral character of our thoughts and actions.”

—from the Introduction In this first book-length treatment of the mass media’s obsession with triviality, culture critic Ronald Bishop calls into focus the media’s role in the contemporary demise of scale. He asks, “Are we capable of doing anything casually anymore?”

In More, Bishop argues that Americans are inundated with messages that encourage intense behavior—messages that suggest that every life event, no matter how small, is full of extreme significance. Packed with personal narratives, examples from television shows and movies, and discussions of news stories, editorials, and best-selling books, More is a witty and profound investigation for anyone obsessed with being obsessed.

Everything evolves, science tells us, including the language used by scientists to sustain and perpetuate their work. In this masterful treatment of scientific development in the West, Thomas Lessl traces how a discipline once deeply embedded with notions of Providence emerged during the Enlightenment as the paragon of Progress. Rhetorical Darwinism expertly shows how the grand scientific narrative begun during the era of Darwin and carried on by Francis Bacon, Thomas Huxley, and others has served to fuel the establishment of science within the Western social milieu—even if it often turns from its scientific course.

“Those who wish to understand how ‘evolutionism’ insinuated itself into modern culture can do no better than to read Lessl’s work.”

—Michael J. Behe, Professor of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University

“Highly recommended.”

—Midwest Book Review

In Openings, award-winning author Michael Hyde provides a fascinating meditation on the ethical dimensions of human communication. With the breadth and depth of learning for which Hyde has become renowned, ISBN 978-1-60258-583-6 $29.95 S 245 pages, 10 b/w images 6 x 9 | Cloth Culture Studies / Communication September 15, 2012

Openings engages philosophy, science, the arts, theology, and popular culture, all to demonstrate the profound importance of the possibility of openness to the human experience. In every situation, Hyde contends, this posture of conscious openness to the individuals, events, and places that surround us has noticeable effects on the way we—and others—experience the reality of existence. Hyde skillfully illustrates this way of being through abundant references to the larger culture and persuasively shows that by living with intention, and elevating practices such as acknowledgment and

“An artful examination of the interplay between the images and messages of pop culture and the most basic activities of American life. If we can’t distinguish and evaluate the significance of one event over another, how can we ever achieve the timeless values of health, balance, and meaning?”

—David Wann, author of The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living and Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle Ronald Bishop is Professor of Communication at Drexel University. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Bishop is the author of When Play Was Play: Why Pick-Up Games Matter and Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow’s Constitutional Challenge. He lives in the greater Wilmington, Delaware area.

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“Superb. Lessl becomes Charles Darwin’s amanuensis for a new age.”

—Roderick P. Hart, Dean, Shivers/Cronkite Chair in Communication, University of Texas “I love it! Rhetorical Darwinism is a great read and a truly important contribution.”

—Michael Ruse, Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University “We may never see Bacon and Huxley—or the creation-evolution debate—the same again.”

—Larry Witham, author of Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America

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confession while rejecting seclusion and neglect, we human beings are enabled to engage fully and fruitfully the world in which we live.

“Wise and compassionate, Michael Hyde’s latest exploration of communication ethics further refines his foundational concepts of the call of conscience and the gift of acknowledgement. Hyde’s incisive reflections on the ‘openings’ that characterize our experience are at once deeply human and authentically faithful. This unique study will captivate newcomer and expert alike.”

—James A. Herrick, author of Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs

Michael J. Hyde is University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics in the Department of Communication and is on the faculty of the Program for Bioethics, Health and Society in the School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He is the author of Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

CONTENTS Fragmentary Philosophical Preface 1. Nihilism, American Style 2. The Quest for Evil 3. The Negative Zone 4. Normal Nihilism as Comic 5. Romanticism and Nihilism 6. Defense against the Dark Arts 7. “God Got Involved” 8. Feels Like the Movies “Hyde seeks to reinvest us with our sacred and secular responsibilities toward ourselves and one another by staging a poignant and personal encounter with the precariousness of being human. Openings is an essential moment in human communication; its acknowledgment should become our responsibility.”

—Eric King Watts, author of Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, and Politics of the New Negro Movement

Thomas M. Lessl is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia and received the Religious Communication Association’s Article Award in 2010. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

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The Friends We Keep

The Betrayal of Charity

Unleashing Christianity’s Compassion for Animals

The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love

Laura Hobgood-Oster

Matthew Levering

Why our furry and feathered friends are worthy of Christian compassion

From sloth to scandal—an exploration of love and the sins against it

Spirit of Love

A Trinitarian Theology of Grace

Amos Yong A theology of the divine gift of love Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong points readers toward an increased theological emphasis on God as love. In Spirit of Love, the first pneumatology of the divine spiritual gift of love, Yong constructs an ecumenical and interdisciplinary theology of the Holy Spirit for the church universal. A distinctive contribution toward greater theological

Seeking to awaken Christians to the place and, too often, plight of animals in the

Taking seriously the efforts of Paul, and later Thomas Aquinas, to expose and root

reflection on the triune God, Spirit of Love moves readers toward a

twenty-first century, The Friends We Keep gently but astutely introduces the

out the sins against charity, Matthew Levering reclaims the centrality of love for

more complete understanding of God as the source of divine love.

situations animals face today—as companions, as animals in sport, as animals

moral theology. As Levering argues, the practice of charity leads to inner joy and

raised for food, and as creatures in the wild—and simultaneously retells a myriad

peace as well as outward mercy and unity with God and neighbor. The sins

of often surprising and instructive stories from the long, rich history of

against charity threaten love’s concrete effects by rebelling against dependence

Christianity. We see and experience animals as Christians have for generations—

on God and undermining interdependence upon others. The Betrayal of Charity

as beloved companions to the saints, as unfortunate prisoners in Roman arenas,

considers the consequences of each of the sins against love, compelling

as sentient and compassionate recipients and givers of hospitality, and as good

individuals and communities to recognize their own loss of charity.

and worthy beings created by God. Once upon a time, it seems—not too terribly long ago—animals held an important place in Christianity. Could Christianity be good news for animals today?

“A carefully researched and powerfully argued book—both moving and revelatory.”

—Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO, The Humane Society of the United States, and author of The Bond “The book’s strength is Hobgood-Oster herself, exhibited in her conversational tone and personal connection to the stories of animals in Christian scripture, as well as her experience in shelters and refuges, about which she writes movingly.”

—Publishers Weekly Laura Hobgood-Oster is Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies and holds the Paden Chair in Religion at Southwestern University. Frequently interviewed by national print and broadcast media, she is the author of Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition. She lives in Georgetown, Texas.

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“Spirited and engaging. Levering addresses very worthy interlocutors—including Hays and Schwartz—and gives them a good run for their money.”

—Gary Anderson, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, University of Notre Dame “Levering is an outstanding expositor of Aquinas, and that Aquinas’ rich discussions of aspects of all the virtues deserve more attention than they usually get.”

—David Cloutier, editor of catholicmoraltheology.com “Levering’s meditation on Aquinas’ account of love brings the great Dominican’s moral theology alive for contemporary readers.”

—Brian Brock, Lecturer in Moral and Practical Theology, King’s College, University of Aberdeen Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton and a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He is the author of Jesus and the Demise of Death: Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian (see page 18). He lives in Dayton, Ohio.

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“Yong renders his tradition an invaluable service. This is a key book in the emergence of a mature Pentecostal theology.”

—Gary Badcock, Peache Professor of Divinity, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario “This is classic Amos Yong. Once again he has sensitively harmonized different voices to create an original contribution to scholarship.”

—Mark J. Cartledge, Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, University of Birmingham, UK “Yong’s work is groundbreaking in developing a robust Pentecostal theology.”

—Richard J. Mouw, President and Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary

“If it is impossible to delineate ‘spirit’ concisely, it is just as difficult to do so for ‘love.’ Let me suggest the following definition: love is the affective disposition toward and intentional activity that benefits others. The benefit of others understood theologically is suggestive of what the biblical witness calls health, wholeness, and salvation, and this is finally comprehensible in terms of what Jesus called the kingdom or reign of God. Jesus came to announce and inaugurate the reign of God in the power of the Spirit. Hence, our approach will be specifically pneumatological.”

—adapted from the Preface

Amos Yong is J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity. He lives in Chesapeake, Virginia.

CONTENTS Preface Part I God Is Love: The Theology and Science of Love 1. The Spirit of Charity: Toward a Theology of Love 2. Science and the Altruistic Spirit: Empirical Understandings of Benevolent Love 3. What’s Love Got to Do with It? Pentecostalism, the Holy Spirit, and Love Part II God Is Spirit: Pentecostalism, the Spirit’s Gifts, and the Resources of Love 4. Spirit-Empowered Transformation: Pentecostal Praxis and the Energy of Love 5. The Spirit’s Baptism of Love: Pentecostal Spirituality and a Pneumatology of Love 6. The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Aspects of a Lukan Theology of Love Part III God Is Spirit, God Is Love: The Gift of the Spirit and the Gift of Love 7. Love and the Gift/s of the Spirit: A Pauline Pneumatology of Love 8. The Spirit and the Gift/s of Love: A Johannine Pneumatology of Love 9. The Power of Love in the Spirit: A Manifesto in Nine Theses Epilogue

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Preaching Death The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons

Lucy Bregman Why Protestants stopped preaching about death and dying—and why it matters

Jesus and the Demise of Death

The Roots of Sorrow

Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian

Phil C. Zylla

A Pastoral Theology of Suffering

Matthew Levering

God, care, and the depths of suffering

A theology of death, resurrection, and the afterlife

What are humans to do—and how should caregivers respond—when faced with the reality of anguish? The Roots of Sorrow addresses the sometimes painful questions that surround human suffering. By integrating concrete examples with personal stories of adversity and sorrow, Phil Zylla constructs a pastoral theology that situates itself

Christians traditionally have had something substantive and important to say about death and afterlife. In Preaching Death, Lucy Bregman tracks the changes in Protestant American funerals over the last one hundred years and shows how early-twentieth-century “natural immortality” doctrinal funeral sermons transitioned to an era of “silence and denial,” eventually becoming expressive, biographical tributes to the deceased. Bregman questions whether this transition was inevitable and what alternative paths could have been chosen.

In telling this unique story, she reveals how Americans’ comprehension of death shifted in the last century—and why we must find ways to move beyond it.

What happens after death to Jesus and those who follow him? Jesus and the Demise of Death offers a constructive theology that seeks to answer that very question by carefully considering both Jesus’ descent into hell and eventual resurrection as integral parts of a robust vision of the Christian bodily resurrection.

Taking on the claims of N. T. Wright and Richard B. Hays, Matthew Levering draws upon the work of Thomas Aquinas to propose a radical reconstruction of Christian eschatological theology. Levering underscores the hope in eternal life for Jesus’ followers and gives readers firm and fruitful soil upon which to base conversations about the Christian’s future.

“Bregman’s incredible scholarship, laced with her practical judgment, creates sparkling insights at every turn. A must-read for pastors, for those who teach them, and for grief counselors of any stripe.”

—Dennis Klass, author of The Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents

“An iconic book. Levering maps the road to a recovery of the hope that the historic Christian faith was able to offer and maintain through the story of Jesus and the personally engaged God present therein.”

—Geoffrey Wainwright, Cushman Professor of Christian Theology, Duke Divinity School

“Clear, concise, and accessibly written, this book will doubtless be of interest to a wide audience.”

—Christopher M. Moreman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California State University, East Bay

“Levering is a Catholic biblical theologian of rare talent. Here, one can’t help thinking of Benedict XVI as a model.”

—Cyril O’Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

“Preaching Death should be read by historians, preachers, and poets, and by anyone who longs to re-imagine death and grief in the 21st century.”

—Margaret R. McLean, Associate Director and Director of Bioethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

“Levering adds an important and timely Catholic contribution to the lively contemporary theological debate about Christian eschatology.”

—Reinhard Huetter, Professor of Christian Theology, Duke Divinity School

Lucy Bregman is Professor of Religion at Temple University and author of Beyond Silence and Denial: Death and Dying Reconsidered. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton and a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He is the author of The Betrayal of Charity: The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love (see page 16).

He lives in Dayton, Ohio.

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within the very core of suffering. By encouraging readers to resist the natural tendency to flee from the pain of sorrow, Zylla empowers professionals to help others face suffering directly and honestly.

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“Phil Zylla shows a unique ability to create a tapestry that weaves together a theology of suffering with a substantive approach to pastoral care and an understanding of the actual experience of pain.”

—Rod Wilson, President, Regent College

Phil C. Zylla is Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at McMaster Divinity College in Ontario, Canada, where he teaches on pastoral care and the theology of suffering. He has served several churches as a senior pastor and is the author of Virtue as Consent to Being. He lives in Ontario.

CONTENTS Part I Introduction: The Roots of Sorrow 1. Common Explanations of Suffering 2. Components of a Theology of Suffering Part II 3. From Silence to Lament 4. From Indifference to Compassion 5. From Loneliness to Community Part III 6. The Suffering of Creation 7. The Subtle Persistence of Hope Conclusion: Ministry with the Afflicted

“The Roots of Sorrow is as competent theologically as it is courageous pastorally. Zylla exposes the roots of sorrow with unflinching honesty, compassion, and hope. A rare book of profound and practical wisdom.”

—Margaret Whipp, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK

READ THE INTRODUCTION “A beautifully conceived and thoughtfully written book. Zylla’s theological reflections emerge from a deep personal wrestling with the devastating realities of human suffering.”

—Donald Capps, Emeritus Professor of Pastoral Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary “This is one of those rare volumes that is deeply grounded in the lived reality of human beings and, at the same time, offers vibrant examples of rigorous theological reflection and hope. All will learn more of the patient presence required for those who are called to minister to the afflicted.”

—David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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Bridge to Wonder

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Chesterton

Art as a Gospel of Beauty

Art, Sacrament, and the People of God

The Nightmare Goodness of God

Cecilia González-Andrieu

David Jasper

Edgar Allan Poe and the Mystery of the Universe

Exploring the revelatory power of beauty

The art of sacrament and the life of Christian community

Harry Lee Poe

Ralph C. Wood

Revisiting the myth of an American icon

The darker side of the great literary optimist

The pursuit of beauty is one of the unifying features of all humanity. In Bridge to Wonder Cecilia González-Andrieu explores the theological depth and revelatory power of artistic beauty. Through theological engagement with experiences of creativity and beauty, González-Andrieu provides a unique and insightful answer to those who search for God’s presence in today’s world.

Part meditation and part method, González-Andrieu proposes a theological aesthetics that explicates the way in which God is present in creation through the medium of art while underscoring how art’s revelation of wonder enables community formation. The truth, divinity, and prophetic strength within art remind the reader that beauty is an unceasing mark of God’s presence.

“González-Andrieu is an inspiring guide, gifted at finding and creating artistic ‘interlacings’ where others might simply become tangled up in matters of academic definition or religious dogma.”

—Frank Burch Brown, author of Religious Aesthetics and Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life “The author’s passionately expressed desire is that hearts as well as eyes be opened to the love-inspiring and transformative power of beauty.”

—Robin Jenson, Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship, Vanderbilt University Cecilia González-Andrieu is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. In 2011, she was named one of America magazine’s most promising young theologians, and she has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Best Column Award from the Catholic Press Association for her column “De Todo Un Poco” in The Tidings. She lives in Westchester, California.

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Liturgical, sacramental, and historical, The Sacred Community is a masterful work of theological aesthetics. David Jasper draws upon a rich variety of texts and images from literature, art, and religious tradition to explore the liturgical community gathered around—and most fully constituted by—the moment of the Sanctus in the Eucharistic liturgy. From art and architecture to pilgrimage and politics, Jasper places this community in the midst of the contemporary world.

Most everyone knows of Edgar Allan Poe. However, as his cousin Harry Lee

“In The Sacred Community, Jasper demonstrates how the Christian community plays a significant role in God’s plan for human salvation. Both informative and contemplative, Jasper’s imagination is truly universal in its breadth, drawing from western and eastern traditions, philosophy, and the arts and sciences. He has a poet’s ear for language.”

—Thomas Scirghi, Associate Professor of Theology, Fordham University

Evermore pushes aside the myth of the alcohol-addicted and death-obsessed

“Intensely reflective and deeply moving. Ranging widely over the landscape of ancient and modern theology, literature, and history alike, this rich and rewarding work explores the grace of a self-emptying God and the gift of sacred community.”

—Roger Lundin, author of Believing Again: Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age David Jasper is Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow.

He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including The Sacred Body: Asceticism in Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture; The Bible and Literature: A Reader; and The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology. He lives in Wishaw, Scotland.

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Poe writes, almost everything we know about him is wrong. In this riveting reconsideration of the life and works of his ancestor, Harry Lee Poe reveals that the American literary genius was deeply confounded by the existence of evil, the truth of justice, and even the problems of love, beauty, and God. Through reviewing his poems and short stories, literary criticisms, and science fiction, Edgar Allan, and in its place presents a portrait of a true Romantic.

“Dazzling and absorbing. Written at the crossroads of literary history and theology, Evermore is an elegant and lucid book, discrediting many popular myths about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe.” —Alexandra Urakova, author of The Poetics of Body in the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe “Harry Lee Poe demonstrates a profound understanding of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, an impressive grasp of the history of Poe scholarship, and an excellent comprehension of his famous ancestor’s oeuvre.”

—Brett Zimmerman, Associate Professor, York University “An innovative reading of Poe’s work.”

—Robert T. Tally Jr., Assistant Professor of English, Texas State University Harry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union University.

He is the author or editor of several books, including Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories; The Inklings of Oxford; and What God Knows: Time and the Question of Divine Knowledge. He lives in Jackson, Tennessee.

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The Making of the Christian Imagination

In this fresh and daring endeavor, Ralph Wood turns a critical eye on the corpus of G. K. Chesterton to reveal the “beef-and-ale” believer’s darker vision of the world and its inhabitants. Wood moves beyond formulaic or overly pious readings of Chesterton to show that, rather than fleeing from the ghoulish horrors of his time, the great optimist located God’s mysterious goodness within the existence of evil. Wood eloquently reclaims the keen theological voice of this literary giant, positing that Christians may have more to learn from the unbelieving world than is often supposed.

“There is a stimulus to the imagination on almost every page of Chesterton and of Wood’s Chesterton.”

—Martin Marty in The Christian Century, March 21, 2012 “Wood’s is an outstanding contribution to Chesterton scholarship, revealing both the depth of the author’s intellect and the breadth of his imagination.”

—Dale Ahlquist, President, American Chesterton Society “The finest study of Chesterton in many years.”

—David Bentley Hart, author of Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies “Wood demonstrates clearly how worthwhile it remains to engage with Chesterton’s most essential and provocative ideas.”

—Fergus Kerr, Honorary Professor of Modern Catholic Theology, University of St Andrews

Ralph C. Wood is University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University and author of Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South; Literature and Theology; and Contending for the Faith: The Church’s Engagement with Culture. He lives in Waco, Texas.

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The Comedia of Virginity

Mary and the Politics of Seventeenth-Century Spanish Theater

Mirzam C. Pérez The staging of politics and the mother of God in Hapsburg Spain Few characters were as ubiquitous in the collective consciousness of early modern Spain as the Virgin Mary. By the 1600s, the cult of the Immaculate Conception had become so popularized that the Hapsburg monarchy issued a decree in defense of the Virgin’s purity. In a climate of political disharmony, however, this revered icon— often pictured as the passive, chaste, and pious mother of God—would become an archetype of paradox within the Spanish imagination.

In The Comedia of Virginity, Mirzam Pérez underscores how the character of the Virgin Mary was represented on the theater stage. Following a concise account of the historical, academic, and political forces operating within Hapsburg Spain, Pérez

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dissects three comedias—three-act productions featuring both drama and comedy—and draws out their multivalent interpretations of Mary. In their own ways, these secular comedias reproduced an uncommonly empowering feminine vision while making light of the Virgin’s purity. The Mary of the stage was an active, sinuous, even sensual force whom playwrights would ultimately use to support a fracturing monarchy.

“Few figures inhabited early modern Spanish consciousness with less ambiguity than the Virgin Mary. No matter what sphere of seventeenth-century Iberian society one turns to—the court, the church, the stage, the academy, or far-flung imperial outposts in the New World— she is always present, presented, and represented as the pure, univalent image, the exemplar of the unambiguous exemplar. She appears, at first glance, to be so uniformly idealized, and so comfortable on her man-made pedestal, as the passive, obedient, chaste, pious woman that only with grave difficulty can it be sensed how, when, and where she was made into an image of a profound negative feminine capability. And yet, the Mary that often emanates from Spanish depictions of the Virgin in paintings, in religious tracts, in political debates, and, especially, in dramatic figurations of her on the Spanish comedia stage, had multiple definitions and associations assigned to her…. In the selected plays, compelling Marian characterizations and appearances depart from the passive, submissive, and inanimate representations of the Virgin. Instead, the mother of God is evoked as a proactive, articulate and, at times, belligerent female role model that simultaneously inspires, guides, and protects the faithful. She is the mother, the warrior, the mediator, the defender, and the counselor.”

—From the Introduction

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Mirzam C. Pérez is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Spanish Literature at Grinnell College, where her research interests include Spanish drama, visual culture, transatlantic studies, and art. She lives in Grinnell, Iowa.

CONTENTS Introduction 1. The Politics of Theater at the University of Salamanca 2. Performing Faith at the University of Salamanca: Lope de Vega’s La limpieza no manchada 3. Mapping Faith at the University of Salamanca 4. Angela de Azevedo’s Dicha y desdicha o devoción a la virgen: Writing for the Queen of the Earth 5. Spanish Mother to an American Daughter: The Virgin Mary in Moreto’s Santa Rosa de Peru Conclusion

Women, Writing, Theology Transforming a Tradition of Exclusion

Emily A. Holmes and Wendy Farley, editors

Because of Beauvoir Christianity and the Cultivation of Female Genius

Alison E. Jasper An original reconciliation of Christianity and feminism

Who is a theologian? What counts as theology?

And who decides?

In the past forty years, women have claimed theology for themselves and others as womanists, feminists, mujeristas, Asian, third-world, disabled, and queer women.

Yet in most academic and ecclesial theology, the contributions of women skirt the borders of the written tradition. This unique volume asks about the conditions of women writing theology. How have women historically justified their writing practices? What internal and external constraints shape their capacity to write?

What counts as theology, and who qualifies as a theologian? And what does it

Because of Beauvoir does what many say is impossible: it demonstrates how women can flourish while being simultaneously Christian and feminist. Alison Jasper offers a vision of Julia Kristeva’s “female genius” as the capacity of women to thrive and cultivate intellect within and across different cultural and theological environments.

Using the writings of English women from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries as living profiles, Jasper draws upon the creative power in the lives of real women to recognize and retrieve a female subjectivity—one that determines how women see and are seen after Simone de Beauvoir.

mean for women to enter a tradition that has been based, in part, on their exclusion? These essays explore such questions through historical investigations, theoretical analyses, and contemporary constructions.

“In many breakthrough examples we witness how women have written themselves into transformed life, health, and wisdom. This is a book to be read slowly, contemplatively.”

—Rosemary Radford Ruether, Professor of Feminist Theology, Claremont Graduate University “A wonderfully rich collection. The very concept of theology is deepened profoundly by these examples of women’s writing and lived practices over the centuries as theology is stretched to include different literary genres and different forms of life expression. A very important and original piece of work.”

—Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School

“In a manner that is both scholarly and deeply engaging Alison Jasper offers her own radical re-interpretation of the creative genius of women. Her work draws our attention to the fact that women have been the ‘ingenious’ shapers of spiritual knowledge as well as prophetic authors of secular criticism. Contemporary feminists are thus challenged to re-examine what counts as a feminist tradition and what we can learn from women’s distinctive interventions in discourses of the divine.”

—Heather Walton, Centre for Literature, Theology and the Arts, University of Glasgow Alison E. Jasper is Lecturer in Languages, Cultures, and Religions at the University of Stirling, Scotland. She is the author of The Shining Garment of the Text: Gendered Readings of John’s Prologue. She lives in Wishaw, Scotland.

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Emily A. Holmes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Christian Brothers University. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Wendy Farley is Professor of Religion and Ethics at Emory University. She is the author of Gathering Those Driven Away: A Theology of Incarnation. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.

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Religion in Early Stuart England, 1603–1638

Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture

An Anthology of Primary Sources Documents of Anglophone

Joel B. Green and David F. Watson, editors

Christianity

From John Wesley to the diverse Wesleyan community—a survey of scriptural interpretation

Debora Shuger Essential texts for understanding English Christianity

The theology of John Wesley has proven exceedingly influential in the religious and spiritual lives of Wesley’s followers and his critics. However, Wesley did not leave behind a written doctrine on scripture. This collection

C. C. Goen’s landmark study on the effects of revivalism during the latter half of the 18th century filled a great void in understanding the Great Awakening, and it continues to influence the work of scholars today. Full of artful contextualization of the issues that plagued colonial churches, Revivalism and Separatism in New England, 1740–1800 documents the ways in which revivalism helped pave the way for a new religious identity in America. Goen underscores how these congregations responded to state involvement in matters of religion and sheds new light on the development of the Baptist denomination by locating its growth within fringe communities in New England rather than organized structures in the Middle Colonies.

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This collection of primary sources from Early Stuart England, compiled by the acclaimed Debora Shuger, reflects the varieties of religious expression, theological conviction, and spiritual experience of this fascinating and turbulent period in English religious history. With selections ranging from sermons, devotional best-sellers, and sacred lyrics to ecclesio-political satires and doctrinal controversies, Religion in Early Stuart England, 1603–1638 offers scholars and students key primary sources that will stimulate research and discussion.

“A significant and representative series of selections surveying the religious landscape of a spiritually tumultuous era of English history. This fine volume is a highly useful introduction to religion and theology in early seventeenth-century England.”

—Richard A. Muller, P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary “This book covers the whole spectrum of Protestant belief and experience in Early Stuart times. Scholars and students will be deeply grateful for this book as Shuger brings clarity and order to a highly confusing scene.”

—Graham Parry, Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies, University of York, U.K.

C. C. Goen was Professor of the History of Christianity at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

Debora Shuger is Distinguished Professor of English at UCLA, where she specializes in Tudor-Stuart literature, and the author of The Renaissance Bible: Scholarship, Sacrifice, and Subjectivity. She lives in Culver City, California.

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presents an array of diverse approaches to understanding John Wesley’s charge to read and interpret the Bible as scripture. Contributors move beyond the work of Wesley himself to discuss how Wesleyan communities have worked to address the difficult scriptural—and theological— conundrums of their time and place.

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With contributions from William J. Abraham, Justo L. González, Joel B. Green, Elaine A. Heath, Randy L. Maddox, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Jason E. Vickers, Laceye Warner, David F. Watson, and others, Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture ultimately attempts to underscore what it means to stand in the Wesleyan stream and bring about holiness through—and within—daily occurrences.

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“Every renewal of the church has been ignited by a renewed encounter with scripture. Who better to provoke a fresh encounter than John Wesley, ‘man of one book’? Green and Watson have assembled an exciting, Wesleyan encounter with scripture in this wonderful book. Quite a gift for the renewal of the church.”

—Will Willimon, Bishop, North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church and Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School Joel B. Green is Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is an award-winning author or editor of more than thirty books and serves as Teaching Pastor at La Cañada United Methodist Church. He lives in Pasadena, California.

David F. Watson is Academic Dean and Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary and author of Honor Among Christians: The Cultural Key to the Messianic Secret. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.

Introduction SECTION ONE: WESLEY ON SCRIPTURE 1. John Wesley—“A Man of One Book” (Randy L. Maddox, Duke Divinity School) 2. Scripture as a Means of Grace (Kenneth J. Collins, Asbury Theological Seminary) 3. Reading Scripture, the Literal Sense, and the Analogy of Faith (Robert W. Wall, Seattle Pacific University) 4. Wesley as Interpreter of Scripture and the Emergence of “History” in Biblical Interpretation (Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary) SECTION TWO: THE NATURE AND AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE AMONG WESLEYANS 5. Scripture among African American Methodists (Reginald Broadnax, Hood Theological Seminary) 6. Scripture among Hispanic Methodists (Justo L. González) 7. Scripture among Korean Methodists (Meesaeng Lee Choi, Asbury Theological Seminary; and Hunn Choi) 8. Scripture and Divine Revelation (William J. Abraham, Southern Methodist University) 9. A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture (Douglas M. Koskela, Seattle Pacific University) 10. The Holiness of Scripture (Jason E. Vickers, United Theological Seminary) 11. Scripture as Canon (David F. Watson, United Theological Seminary) SECTION THREE: WESLEYANS WORKING WITH SCRIPTURE 12. Scripture and Social Ethics (D. Brent Laytham, North Park Theological Seminary) 13. Can We Speak of a Wesleyan Theological Hermeneutic Today? (Steven J. Koskie) 14. Reading Scripture for Christian Formation (Elaine A. Heath, Southern Methodist University) 15. The Place of Scripture in Worship (Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Boston University School of Theology) 16. The Place of Scripture in Preaching (Michael Pasquarello III, Asbury Theological Seminary) 17. Scripture and Evangelism (Laceye Warner, Duke Divinity School

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James Wm. McClendon, Jr. Volume 1, Ethics ISBN 978-1-60258-657-4 / $34.95 S 394 pages, 6 x 9 / Paperback Volume 2, Doctrine ISBN 978-1-60258-658-1 / $34.95 S 536 pages, 6 x 9 / Paperback Volume 3, Witness ISBN 978-1-60258-659-8 / $34.95 S 468 pages, 6 x 9 / Paperback James William McClendon explores the impact of the radical effects of the 16th century Reformation for its heirs in this celebrated three-volume systematic theology. With a new introduction by Curtis W. Freeman, these volumes elucidate a distinctly Baptist vision of theology through McClendon’s exposition of Christian ethics, doctrine, and witness and provide readers with a robust vision for understanding Scripture, the Church, and the Christian’s place within the world.

Praise from Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School: Vol. 1, Ethics: “It is my hope that people will look back on this book as the turning point in modern Christian theology.”

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James William McClendon, Jr. was a Christian theologian in the Anabaptist tradition and the author of several important works, including Biography as Theology: How Life Stories Can Remake Today’s Theology and Making Gospel Sense to a Troubled Church.

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Arminius and His Declaration of Sentiments

A Brutal Unity

The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church

Ephraim Radner

An Annotated Translation with Introduction and Theological Commentary

Conflict, tension, and the paradox of Christian oneness

W. Stephen Gunter

To describe the Church as “united” would be a factual misnomer even at its

The classic work of the 16th century Dutch theologian made new

the doctrine of the church in light of Christianity’s often violent and at times

conception centuries ago. Ephraim Radner provides a robust rethinking of morally suspect history. He holds in tension the strange and transcendent oneness of God with the necessarily temporal and political function of the

With this first direct translation of Arminius’ Declaration of Sentiments into English from the original Dutch, Stephen Gunter weaves expert translation with valuable notes and theological commentary. Gunter’s introduction situates this overlooked but critically important work within its rich historical context and includes a clear, illuminating discussion of the debate over predestination. What emerges is an enlightening portrait of Arminius that challenges modern misconceptions about one of the most significant sixteenth-century theologians.

W. Stephen Gunter is Associate Dean for Methodist Studies and Research Professor of Evangelism and Wesleyan Studies at Duke Divinity School. He is author, co-author, or editor of six books, including most recently Considering the Great Commission: Evangelism and Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit; John Wesley and The Netherlands; and The Quotable Mr. Wesley. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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Church and, in so doing, shows how the goals and failures of the liberal democratic state provide revelatory experiences that greatly enhance one’s understanding of the nature of Christian unity.

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“Massively learned and beautifully written, this book has to be the best work ever written against the holiness and unity of the Church by a Christian theologian. Not one to mince words, Radner presents Judas as the mirror of the faithless, violent, and fractured Church. For Radner, the failure of liberalism arises from and reflects the failure of the Church to repent. But he does not end here: he argues that in God’s creation of things separate from God, and in Christ’s radical giving of himself, we find God’s holiness and oneness as a gift for God’s people and as an invitation to imitate God’s asymmetrical giving. Those who disagree with Radner will thank him for pressing us to examine anew why Christians rightly confess the Church to be one and holy.”

— Matthew Levering, University of Dayton

Ephraim Radner is Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Fate of Communion: The Agony of Anglicanism and the Future of a Global Church and Hope among the Fragments: The Broken Church and Its Engagement of Scripture.

He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

CONTENTS Introduction 1. Religious Violence and Christian Blasphemy Postscript: The Tears of Peter 2. Division Is Murder Postscript: Judas the Apostle 3. The Sins of the Church Postscript: Loving Jerusalem 4. The Conciliar Ideal Postscript: The Way Together 5. The Limits of Consensus Postscript: The First Council 6. The Procedural Quest for Unity and Its Obstacles Postscript: The Prophetic Contest 7. Conscience and Its Limits Postscript: The Crucifixion of Conscience 8. Multiple Consciences and the Rise of Solidarity Postscript: A Figural Phenomenology of the Church 9. The Unity of Sacrifice Conclusion

“In the world, life is formed and extended in the giving away of self; it is a practice whose shape has itself given rise to various forms of social and political life and, as I will argue, to a life most especially embodied in the liberal polities that developed in Western Europe and America in the eighteenth century. But this kind of life, which the Church has both encouraged and failed to engage over and over, is also one that cannot sustain the Church’s own final calling. Her own oneness, as she receives it, marks the redemption of human political ordering. And so her division marks the entrenched failures of human political aspiration, the intransigence of disorder.”

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Preaching Fools The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly

Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers The Gospel from the mouths of fools Court jesters, clowns, foolish ones: all images of the comic, sometimes tragic, fool. Across national and cultural borders, the archetype of the fool has played a significant role in how communities interpret and ascribe identity. As Charles Campbell and Johan Cilliers remind us, the Christian preacher, tasked with delivering a paradoxical gospel, is also a fool. In a delicate exploration with enlightening results, Preaching Fools uses a diverse representation of fools and foolish actions to show how modern preaching is inseparable from the folly of the cross. Campbell and Cilliers walk the fine line between the ugliness and beauty of the ISBN 978-1-60258-365-8 $39.95 S 272 pages, 10 b/w images 6 x 9 | Cloth Theology/Preaching June 15, 2012

gospel and challenge readers toward a deeper engagement with its

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“Campbell and Cilliers have written a book that is at once startling in its simplicity and disturbing in its depth. Preaching Fools is both unsettling and encouraging, compelling and liberating, a marvelous tool for preachers willing to risk the rhetoric of folly to speak truth.”

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Charles L. Campbell is Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Johan H. Cilliers is Professor in Homiletics and Liturgy at the University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Theology. He lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

CONTENTS Preface 1. Don Quixote and the Cross 2. Folly at the Heart of Preaching 3. Theology between Fragment and Form 4. Melting the Solidarity of the World 5. Fooling the World: The Folly of Jesus 6. Laughter and Lament 7. Preaching Fools 8. The Rhetoric of Folly

unsettling message.

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—Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics, Yale Divinity School

“Preaching Fools invites us to an exciting journey in pictures and words through the homiletic landscape. If you participate, you will be instructed in a fundamental way by a very original approach to homiletics.”

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The Black Megachurch

Mashup Religion

Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement

Pop Music and Theological Invention

Tamelyn N. Tucker-Worgs A landmark study of the black megachurch’s social and political impact

In her study of nearly 150 black megachurches, Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs explores how these church communities are engaging the public sphere. Are they helping to remedy many of America’s social disparities? Why are their approaches so varied?

The Black Megachurch sets aside the broad assumptions often applied to the study of black churches and analyzes factors necessary for social engagement, including theological orientation, community development initiatives, and gender

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A novel approach to creating contemporary public theology

While pop music producers find their inspiration by sampling across traditions and genres, remix artists “mash up” compositions of the latest hits in an attempt to be creatively and intentionally unoriginal. These mashup artists stretch the boundaries of creativity by freely intermingling old sounds and melodies with the newest technologies. Using this phenomenon in contemporary music-making as a metaphor, John McClure encourages the invention of new theological ideas by creating a mashup of the traditional and the novel. What emerges are engaging ways of communicating that thrive at the intersection of religion and popular culture yet keep alive the deepest of theological truths.

megachurches have lived up to their potential, much work must still be done.

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—Lawrence Mamiya, Professor of Religion and Africana Studies on the Mattie M. Paschall Davis and Norman H. Davis Chair, Vassar College Tamelyn N. Tucker-Worgs is Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.

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—Adam P. Newton, Englewood Review of Books “Mashup Religion arises from its location, enabling McClure to reflect on how popular music is created and received as an analogy for what it might mean both to express theology today and to have theology heard by people shaped by popular culture.”

—Divinity Magazine, Duke Divinity School “Mashup Religion charts new territory in debates about the nature of theology. McClure’s is a refreshing and inspiring approach to communicating faith that is not directed at but learned from popular culture.”

—Pete Ward, Senior Lecturer in Youth Ministry and Theological Education, King’s College London John S. McClure is the Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship at Vanderbilt Divinity School and editor of the journal Homiletic. His previous books include Other-wise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics and Claiming Theology in the Pulpit. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Dennis J. Goldford What is really at stake in debates over American religious liberty

Epistemic Obligations Truth, Individualism, and the Limits of Belief

Bruce R. Reichenbach Why we don’t have a right to believe whatever we wish

Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation Richard B. Hays and Stefan Alkier, editors

The King James Bible and the World It Made David Lyle Jeffrey, editor

One book that changed the world—and how its legacy thrives today

The power of the sacred canon to confront secular politics

In an era when the uncertainty of American religious freedom is the catalyst for serious political and legal discussion, Dennis Goldford suggests a reconsideration of the First Amendment religion clauses. These clauses, Goldford states, are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred. In his analysis, he ably demonstrates that the very nature of the religion clauses establishes protection not for religion per se but for religious freedom. Thus The Constitution of Religious Freedom argues that religious identity necessarily inheres not in the nation but in the individual citizen.

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—Jessie Hill, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Dennis J. Goldford is Professor of Politics at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The author of The American Constitution and the Debate Over Originalism, Goldford has contributed election cycle political analysis to more than eighty major newspapers, magazines, or wire services in the United States and across the world. He lives in Clive, Iowa.

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Questions of belief, and agency over personal belief, abound as individuals claim to have the right to believe whatever they so choose. In a carefully constructed argument, Bruce Reichenbach contends that while individuals have direct control over belief, they are obligated to believe—and purposely seek—the truth. Though the nature of truth and belief is an oft-debated topic, Reichenbach moves beyond surface-level persuasions to address the very core of what constitutes a human right. These epistemic obligations are critical, as the influence of belief is evident throughout society, from law and education to religion and daily decision-making.

Grounding his argument in practical case studies, Reichenbach deftly demonstrates the necessity of moral accountability and belief.

John’s apocalyptic revelation tends to be read either as an esoteric mystery or a breathless blueprint for the future. Missing, though, is how Revelation is the most visually stunning and politically salient text in the canon. Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation explores the ways in which Revelation, when read as the last book in the Christian Bible, is in actuality a crafted and contentious word. Senior scholars, including N. T. Wright, Richard Hays, Marianne Meye Thompson, and Stefan Alkier, reveal the intricate intertextual interplay between this apocalyptically charged book, its resonances with the Old Testament, and its political implications. In so doing, the authors show how the church today can read Revelation as both promise and critique.

“Education encourages, if not demands, that students and teachers not only seek the truth and the justifications that might be given for beliefs held and advanced, but in doing so develop the appropriate epistemic virtues. And not only education, but every discipline and every endeavor, depends—yes, even thrives—on presupposing that we have epistemic obligations.”

—adapted from the Preface

Bruce R. Reichenbach is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Augsburg College. He is the author of several books, including On Behalf of God: A Christian Ethic for Biology and The Law of Karma: A Philosophical Study. He lives in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area.

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“For many Revelation has effectively been decanonized—mostly little read and even less understood. This fine collection ventures into intertextual, canonical, theological, and political readings of the book that advance theological reflection on the significance of Revelation for today.”

—Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary “A splendid collection. This volume will help both the seasoned and the skittish interpret Revelation within its canonical context, and thereby move the academy and the church within hearing distance of apocalyptic texts in the gospels and epistles.”

—Eugene Boring, I. Wylie Briscoe Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University Richard B. Hays is Dean and George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He lives near Durham, North Carolina.

Stefan Alkier is Professor for New Testament and History of the Early Church at Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611 had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of its phrases still saturate popular prose. In celebration of the King James Bible’s 400th anniversary, The King James Bible and the World It Made brings into conversation leading contemporary scholars who articulate how this celebrated translation repeatedly influenced the language of politics, statecraft, and English literature while offering Christians a unique resource for living the faith.

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—The Washington Post “Carefully crafted and dignified. This volume leaves no doubt that the King James Version has served as the most authentic voice of scripture for more than three centuries—and raises important questions about the absence of any such standard in the church today.”

—Hans Boersma, J.I. Packer Professor of Theology, Regent College “An international array of acknowledged experts here focus on a theme of obvious historical and contemporary significance. This is first-rate scholarship and commands much attention.”

—Trevor A. Hart, Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews David Lyle Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University. He is the author or editor of more than twelve books, including Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture. He lives in Clifton, Texas.

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François Bovon and Christopher Matthews utilize manuscript evidence gathered within the last half-century to provide a new translation of the apocryphal Acts of Philip. Discovered by Bovon in 1974 at the Xenophontos monastery in Greece, the manuscript is widely known as one of the most unabridged copies of the Acts yet discovered. Bovon and Matthews’ new translation incorporates this witness to the Greek text, which sheds new light on the history of earliest Christianity.

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Associations in the Greco-Roman World provides students and scholars with a clear and readable resource for greater understanding of the social, cultural, and religious life across the ancient Mediterranean. By analyzing previously untapped artifacts from more than 1,000 small or unofficial associations, the authors present in great detail how these Jewish and Christian groups—and their members—functioned and related with one another. Including a substantial annotated bibliography, new translations, and accompanying images, this sourcebook allows for future exploration in archaeological studies of the Greco-Roman religious world.

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A groundbreaking model of Pauline hermeneutics

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